Cattle Caravan From Farm To Chicago Stockyards
Reporter follows William Davidson as 106 head of cattle travel from Stanwood to Chicago. The 38 head sold at $9.65 per cwt and eight at $9.25 illustrate market swings while mud and long hauls mark the journey from muddy barnyard to bustling stockyards.
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Chicago
William Davidson
Stanwood
Davidson
L. H. Werling
Tipton
Earl St. John
Wienie
St. John's
Mr. Davidson
Nebraska Sandhills
Primary road detours listed for east Iowa week end July 28
Eastern Iowa highway detours include Iowa 24 closed 7.5 miles from Lawler to New Hampton with a 9 mile surfaced detour. U S 30 closes 1.3 miles west of Clinton to Clinton business district with a 1.3 mile paved detour. Iowa 38 closes 4.5 miles Olin to Iowa 64 with an 8 mile gravel detour. Iowa 128 closes 7 miles in Clayton county from Iowa 13 to U S 52 with a 16 mile paved detour. Iowa 136 closes 7 miles Wyoming to Oxford Junction with a 7 mile gravel detour. Iowa 261 closes 10 miles Iowa City to Solon. detour 14.5 miles surfaced. Iowa 290 closes 1 mile in Clayton county from Iowa 13 west with a 1.3 mile earth detour. Iowa 291 closes 1 mile Low Moor to U S 30 with a 4 mile gravel detour. Iowa 294 closes 7 miles Grand River to Iowa 3 with a 12 mile detour.
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Iowa
The
Highway Commission
Lawler
New Hampton
U. S
Clinton
Olin
Clayton County
Iowa 136
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Iowa City
Solon
Towa
Clayton Country
Low Moor
Grand River
Minneapolis Hand Inc and St Louis Affair Intervened in Rail Reorg
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted Minneapolis permission to intervene in the reorganization of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. The city cited a 1924 payroll of 4 107546 for 3 224 employees and its stake in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LLP
Interstate Commerce Commission
City of
Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company
Minneapolis
Waning Josephine Popularity Overshadowed by Beer Barrel Polka
Cedar Rapids dealer Leo Miller Jr of Automatic Sound System notes Josephine once topped the phonograph scene with 200 machines playing her records. The Beer Barrel Polka now rivals her, while Sunrise Serenade Cinderella and others remain popular. Miller cites radio repetition and timing as key to a record’s rise. He notes 10,000 records played weekly in the city and 62 machines installed by his company, with total near 200 machines. An odd line about lobster hatching appears, unrelated to the music story.
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Fremanser
Josephine
Leo Miller, Jr
Miller
Polka Miller
Wayne King
Benny Goodman
Guy Lombardo
Ray Gordon
Glen Gray
Tommy Dorsey
Bing Crosby
Cedar Rapids
Queer Place This Utah Salt Flat Mecca for Speed Demons
AP report describes Bonneville Salt Flats as the world’s speed record hub with experts noting speeds over 300 mph and Wendover’s 27 mile runway. It highlights extreme temperatures, salt flats mirages, no insects, and mixed legality of gambling and drinking across Utah Nevada borders. Automo biles appear to float near the ground before settling, and crowds of up to 5,000 gather for high speed attempts by Ab Jenkins and John Cobb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Wendover
Jenkins
Cobb
Ab Jenkins
Salt Lake City
John Cobb
London Fur Broker
George E. T. Eyston
Utah-Nevada
Lake Bonneville
Utah- Nevada
Nevada
Russia Targets World Leading Fleet With Massive Build Drive
Moscow reports Shipbuilding Commissar Ivan Tevosyan announced a large scale naval build up to make Russia second to none. He claimed the navy already has the largest submarine fleet and said battleships and cruisers will be added within years to boost speed invulnerability and armament. He projected Russia to top ship construction by 1942 43 for fighting and merchant vessels and noted year round ship launching capability.
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Moscow
INS
Ivan T. Tevosyan
Russia
Tevosyan
Grant Wood creates Honorary Degree lithograph
Iowa artist Grant Wood labels a lithograph Honorary Degree a satire on colleges awarding honorary degrees. The piece features a long ceremony with two towering officiants and may reference University of Iowa figures as potential models. Wood notes he drafted the work before receiving an honorary degree from Lawrence College and informed them of the upcoming print.
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Grant Wood
Iowa
Treasury of American Prints
Iowa Citians
University of Iowa
Wood
Moaders
Lawrence College
Appleton
Wis
Lawrence
Printing origins trace back to China not Germany
The Chinese printed books centuries before Gutenberg and the invention of movable type in 1540, contradicting the claim that printing originated in Germany.
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Germany
China
Gutenberg
Grocers Seek Tuesday Afternoon Closure in Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Center Collins urges grocers through the local association to organize a grocers alliance and adopt Tuesday afternoon closing, arguing shorter hours aid workers and business alike while comparing to other unions. She cites long hours, low pay, and public acceptance of Sunday closing as precedent.
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Gazette
Electricians’ Union
Plumbers’ Union
Dorothy Center
Collins
Second Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Bricklayers Shine On Third Avenue Street Widening
William O. King, foreman, describes tar work in the Third Avenue widening project. Reporters observe the busy crew and note signs may attract more attention. Workers use tar at 350 to 400 degrees F, set when cooler, and scrape along with a cutter and tar ribbon. The paving uses six inch concrete base, one inch sand, three inch fiber lug brick, shortening curb to pavement distance by ten inches. King says brick paving is a nearly lost art and the longest lasting pavement.
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William O. King
Third Avenue
Gazette
Mr. King
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Alice Davidson
Conny
Stockyards
Exchange
Commission
Swift and Company
National Livestock and Meat Board
St. John
Give Minneapolis Hand Inc
St. L. Affair
Roy McHugh
Bever Avenue SE
Automatic Sound System, Inc
Ind St. BW
Salt Flat
Mecca
Otis J. Pusey
Lew
Onan
Okinow
People’s Forum
Feevies
Wanda Mont
Sy ES
Iowa Electric
Terent Power CO
Westinghouse
Weetinghouse
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Westinghouse Refrigerator
Bate
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